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Auto-Bio Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an autobiographical poem. For this writing lesson, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.
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Olympic Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on Jesse...
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Build the Arctic Tundra

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students build a model of biome in order to comprehend the abiotic and biotic factors that are prevalent in a biome. In this hands on building lesson, students use a box to build a biome. . Students decorate the inside and outside of...
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"Jiffy" Person

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this art / literacy worksheet, students learn to create a two-dimensional "Jiffy Person." Students view a colorful scarecrow "Jiffy Person" as a reference point. This template can be used for units on autobiographical and...
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ABC’s of Me!

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Young authors share all about themselves with this printable autobiography resource. Including 26 different sentence frames, one focusing on each letter of the alphabet, students write about everything from an adventure they would like...
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Guess Who's Coming to Our Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use their research skills to determine the famous person given in clues. Using a character recently dicussed in their classroom, they discuss how they would create a costume for them. They write sentences to be used as dialogue...
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Academic Reading Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
From A to Z, learners define, draw, and find examples of specific reading focus skills in an alphabetized reading vocabulary packet. Words include dialogue, theme, text structure, genre, paraphrase, and many more.
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Connecting with Ruby Bridges

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
When Ruby Bridges entered an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960, she also entered history. Scholars consider what the experience must have been like for the young girl using two books that document her experience as well as a double...
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Following Their Footsteps

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research and create a book report on a famous person. In this character education lesson, students examine the positive traits exemplified by a famous person and present an oral presentation for their classmates.
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Biographical Research Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.
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The Last Day of Slavery

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Last Day of Slavery. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer...
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Living Biographies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a multimedia slide presentation containing facts, graphics, and sounds relating to a biographical figure based on their reading of a biography or an autobiography. They present their slide presentations before the...
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Using Mahatma Gandhi's Swaraj and Satyagraha Ideals in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write definitions of swaraj and satyahraha as presented by Mahatma Gandhi, and how they pertain to them in the classroom. In this Gandhi lesson plan, students determine the rights and responsibilities they have and how to solve...
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Hands on Biome--Building

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a model biome. For this ecology lesson, students use materials to create a model biome. There is an extension activity that allows students to write about plants and animals and their specific biome.
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All About Me-I'm My Own Research Project

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders see how to do a research project. They understnad how to categorize information about themselves and relate it to information on sea animals for a future research project. This instructional activity fits in nicely with any...
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Illustrate the Terms-Genre

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this genre worksheet, students write definition for genres and draw an example of each.
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Who am I Mobile: Ceramics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
A getting-to-know-you activity that is perfect for the beginning of the year! Kids craft their portrait out of clay, then make a mobile by dangling ceramic representations of things they love. This project builds self-awareness, motor...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Tree That Would Not Die

For Teachers K - 6th
Students read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...
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Amazing Autobiographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience. They apply knowledge of language structure,...
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Mark Twain, Volume 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read and answer questions about the life of Mark Twain. In this biography activity, students read about the life and work of Mark Twain. Students complete a worksheet about the reading.
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.
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Talking Book Author Project

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore fiction, non-fiction, and autobiographies. They create their own stories using one of the categories. Students create a PowerPoint presentation to tell their story.
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Most Wanted Villians

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars review the characteristics of various characters in fairytales. As a class, they review the story details and create a concept map using a software program. They create their own wanted poster of the villians in the...
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Build the Taiga: Hands on Biome-Building

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore environmental awareness by completing a construction project. For this biomes lesson, students identify the different elements for life to thrive in an ecosystem. Students utilize a cardboard or wood box to create a...

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